The committee on Veterans, Homeland Security, Military Affairs, Small Business and Government Reform reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 5
Relating to: creation of a Joint Committee on State Mandates and required funding of state mandates.
Introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Brown, Zien, Kanavas, Breske and Wirch.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Brown, Zien, Kanavas, Breske and Wirch.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 63
Relating to: expanding the authority of villages to create combined protective services departments.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Brown, Zien, Kanavas, Breske and Wirch.
Noes, 0 - None.
Ronald Brown
Chairperson
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The committee on Natural Resources and Transportation reports and recommends:
Relating to allowing the operation of double bottoms and certain other vehicles on certain specified highways.
No action taken.
Neal Kedzie
Chairperson
The committee on Veterans, Homeland Security, Military Affairs, Small Business and Government Reform reports and recommends:
Relating to the receipt of facsimile and electronic mail communications by the department.
No action taken.
Ronald Brown
Chairperson
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INTRODUCTION, First Reading and
reference of Proposals
Read and referred:
Senate Joint Resolution 20
Relating to: declaring the week of April 11 to 15 UW Spirit Week.
By Senators Harsdorf, Hansen and Brown; cosponsored by Representatives Kreibich, Shilling, Kerkman, Ott, Owens, Jeskewitz, Seidel, Pocan and Sheridan.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Joint Resolution 21
Relating to: the creation of state funds and accounts and prohibiting the state from changing the purpose of any state fund or program revenue appropriation account (first consideration).
By Senators Breske, Harsdorf and Grothman; cosponsored by Representatives Hines, Hahn, Musser, Kreibich, Ainsworth, Bies, Gunderson, Jeskewitz, Ballweg, Wood, F. Lasee and Pridemore.
To committee on Veterans, Homeland Security, Military Affairs, Small Business and Government Reform.
Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 157
Relating to: the full and equal enjoyment of a public place of accommodation or amusement by a person with a disability who is accompanied by a service animal.
By Senators Miller, Roessler, Wirch, Grothman, Coggs, Erpenbach and Hansen; cosponsored by Representatives Benedict, Hahn, Pridemore, Berceau, Vos, Pocan, Sheridan, Ballweg, Albers, Hebl, Lehman, Boyle, Ott, Molepske and Mursau.
To committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
Senate Bill 158
Relating to: fishing with a bow and arrow at night.
By Senators Zien, Brown, Reynolds and Grothman; cosponsored by Representatives Hines, Moulton, Suder, Gundrum, Townsend, Gronemus, Albers, Sheridan, Musser, Molepske, Hahn, Pettis, Kreibich, F. Lasee, Wieckert and Petrowski.
To committee on Natural Resources and Transportation.
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petitions and communications
State of Wisconsin
April 1, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
This letter is to inform you of a replacement on the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy. Senator Fred Risser will be replacing Senator Spencer Coggs.
This appointment will be effective immediately, as the committee is scheduled to meet on Monday, April 4, 2005.
Thank you for your attention to this matter
Sincerely,
DALE W. SCHULTZ
Senate Majority Leader
State of Wisconsin
March 31, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
I will be appointing Heather Smith of Deerfield, WI to serve on the Wisconsin Women's Council. Her term of service begins effective immediately and will expire on July 1, 2006. I am confident Ms. Smith will bring a wealth of experience and depth of knowledge necessary to enhance the Council. Her personal and legislative experiences combined will enable her to become a tremendous asset in serving the women across the State of Wisconsin.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact my office.
Sincerely,
ALAN J. LASEE
Senate President
State of Wisconsin
Joint Legislative Council
April 4, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to transmit to you the following report to the 2005 Legislature on legislation introduced by the Joint Legislative Council:
RL 2005-02 Special Committee on Child Guardianship and Custody
I would appreciate your including this letter in the Journal for the information of the membership. Additional copies of this report are available at the Legislative Council Staff offices, One East Main, Suite 401, or from our web page at http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lc/
Sincerely,
TERRY C. ANDERSON
Director
The State of Wisconsin
office of the governor
executive order #92
Relating to the Creation of the Governor's Council on Financial Literacy
WHEREAS, over 10 million households in America do not have a relationship with a bank or credit union; and
WHEREAS, consumer debt continues to rise and annual bankruptcy filings remain at record levels in Wisconsin and nationwide; and
WHEREAS, high school seniors received low marks on a financial literacy survey, answering only 58.8 percent of the questions correctly; and
WHEREAS, families that lack financial assets have little ability to build wealth; and
WHEREAS, Wisconsin families continue to be challenged by the evolving and increasingly complex range of choices which they must make within the financial services markets;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JIM DOYLE, Governor of the State of Wisconsin, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of this state, and specifically by Wis. Stat. s. 14.019, do hereby:
Create the Governor's Council on Financial Literacy ("Council");
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